WCP3641

Letter (WCP3641.3544)

[1]

Foreign Office

September 27 1853,

Sir,1

With reference to your Letter of the 5 Instant, I am directed by the Earl of Clarendon2 to state to you that Mr. Wallace should apply to the Admiralty, when he is ready to proceed on his Scientific Expedition to the Eastern Seas, in order that he may be informed whether an opportunity then exists for a Passage in one of Her Majesty’s Ships to Singapore, as the vessels now preparing for the East Indies will have sailed3 [2] before November next.

I am, | Sir, | Your most obedient, | humble servant

H U Addington

1
Addington, Henry Unwin (1790-1870). British diplomat and civil servant.
2
Villiers, George William Frederick (1800-1870). Lord Clarendon; British diplomat and statesman; Foreign Secretary for three periods between 1852 and 1870.
3
‘The Secretary to the Geographical Society’ written at bottom left of page.

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Revision history

Transcribed by Brunnen, Claire [2012-08-13] Transcription checked by Catchpole, Caroline [2013-01-15] Transcription checked by Beros, Matt [2019-03-01]

Please cite as “WCP3641,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 27 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP3641